For Good Stephen Schwartz

1900 = Land of Oz novel by L. Frank Baum 1939 movie = The Wizard of Oz 1995 book = Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Musical on Broadway in 2003 It’s the second highest earning Broadway - over $1,000,000,000 earned (The only higher one is The Lion King)

I’ve heard it said that people come into our lives For a reason Bringing something we must learn And we are led to those Who help us most to grow, If we let them, And we help them in return. Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true, But I know I’m who I am today, Because I knew you….

Like a comet pulled from orbit As it passes a sun, Like a stream that meets a boulder Halfway through the wood, Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better? But because I knew you, I have been changed for good.

It well may be, That we will never meet again In this life time So let me say before we part: So much of me Is made of what I learned from you; You’ll be with me Like a handprint on my heart. And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine, By being my friend.

Like a ship blown from it’s mooring By a wind off the sea, Like a seed dropped by a sky bird In a distant wood, Who can say If I’ve been changed for the better? I do believe I have been changed for the better? And because I knew you… I have been changed for good.